All Building Design articles in 8 February 2008 – Page 4
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Building StudyAround the rugged rock sits O’Donnell & Tuomey’s Killiney house
The latest addition to Killiney village’s roll call of grand residences is a home as rocky and spectacular as the landscape it sits in.
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NewsArchitects to be wooed by Tories
This Valentine’s Day, leading figures from the profession may find themselves gazing into the eyes of shadow culture secretary Ed Vaizey as the Conservative MP sets out to woo the profession with a summit on architecture.
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News‘Dynamic’ design adds to Canada Water development
A £12 million, mixed-use block by PKS Architects, which will form a key part of a south London regeneration scheme, has won planning permission.
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Acme nets John Lewis
Young practice Acme is set to be named the winner of a competition to design a flagship £30 million John Lewis store in Leeds.
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FeaturesDot to Dot: February 8
Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Wednesday for a chance to win Images of Change: An Archaeology of England’s Contemporary Landscape, a new book published by English Heritage
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Design a home to withstand -49°C
Architects have been challenged to design a single-family, energy-efficient, affordable, detached home for a site in Cherepovets in Russia, where temperatures can reach -49°C in winter, in the third Living Steel international competition.
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NewsViñoly reveals designs for terminal at Carrasco Airport , Uruguay
Architect Rafael Viñoly has designed a terminal for Carrasco International Airport in his home country of Uruguay.The terminal will be added to expand capacity at the airport, which is in the capital city of Montevideo.The building, which features a curved roof, has been designed to highlight public spaces for both ...
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NewsHerzog picks 100 architects for Inner Mongolia housing project
Simon Conder ‘very surprised’ to be only UK designer picked for 100-day, 100-home project in Chinese desert region of Ordos
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MultimediaTime-lapse video: Prouvé's Jungle House
Watch the reassembly of Jean Prouvé's La Maison Tropicale in the grounds of London's Tate Modern
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Building StudyIn detail: Killiney House, Ireland
Architect: O’Donnell & Tuomey ArchitectsStructural engineer: Downes AssociatesThe design of a 500sq m private house near Dublin has been inspired by the granite outcrops on its hillside site. The most distinctive aspect is the concrete roof that folds to follow the underlying topography.The external walls are cavity construction with a ...
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TechnicalKSP Engel & Zimmermann’s Bergen-Belsen Centre
KSP Engel & Zimmermann Architects used high quality fair-faced concrete on its information centre to memorialise the historic Bergen-Belsen site
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TechnicalTwo unusual concrete wall projects add something new to the mix
Concrete is too often used in predictable forms, but there’s nothing routine about Alan Chandler’s Wall One or Gramazio & Kohler’s Perforated Wall, as Will Hunter explains
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NewsArb expenses claimed by board members soar 74%
Deputy chair claims £16,000 for 50 days reading time, as board claims it is a victim of its own success
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